SURAT: In one of the biggest diamond thefts in recent memory, rough and polished stones worth over Rs 32 crore were stolen from a unit in the Kapodra area in the city in Gujarat, after thieves cut open an iron safe. Police suspect the burglary took place sometime between Aug 15 and 17, when most…
Union minister Piyush Goyal introducing the bill NEW DELHI: The govt Monday introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, in Lok Sabha to decriminalise 288 provisions relating to minor offences under different central laws, in its bid to expand the reform agenda of ease of living and doing business. In several cases, it…
JAMMU: A special NIA court has formally framed charges under UAPA against Mian Abdul Qayoom, former president of the Kashmir wing of High Court Bar Association, in connection with the murder of advocate Babar Qadri.“The charges pertain to terrorist act and conspiracy to commit terrorist act,” a spokesperson said. “Babar Qadri, a promising young lawyer…
Jaipur: The open-top safari truck coughed, rattled, stopped. Twenty tourists sat trapped in Ranthambore’s Zone-6 – a 25sqkm territory locals call “three-tiger country”. Time: 6pm. Darkness set in and the forest closed in. Panic spread. Parents whispered words of comfort to shush their crying children.For an hour and 45 minutes Saturday evening, the group remained…
CHENNAI: A day after chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar defended the SIR of voter lists, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin Monday said the defence raised more questions than answers.“How can there be so many deletions of eligible voters when house-to-house enumeration was undertaken,” Stalin asked Election Commission on X, listing six questions and lending…
KOLKATA: The Centre Monday moved Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta high court order directing it to resume the MGNREGA scheme in West Bengal from Aug 1. The apex court is likely to hear the plea this week.In June, the HC had directed the Centre to resume the rural employment programme in the state from Aug…
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla calls on PM Modi at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence on Monday NEW DELHI: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to go to the International Space Station (ISS), was embraced by PM Narendra Modi when the country’s spaceman called on him at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence…
NEW DELHI: Airtel’s network in the Delhi-NCR region witnessed significant disruptions Monday as customers were not able to make outgoing calls even though incoming calls and data continued to work.Even some Jio and Vodafone Idea customers faced problems when they called Airtel users. The problems persisted for around two hours towards early evening, and finally…
CHENNAI: A man flying from Kuwait was arrested in Chennai upon the flight’s landing for smoking aboard the aircraft Sunday. The accused, Ajmir Sheik Mohammed was booked under Section 10 of Aircraft Act and was released on bail. Police said the accused must appear before the court when summoned.Ajmir allegedly lit up a cigarette inside…
PATNA: A 35-year-old mother of three children and her paramour, who also had three kids, died by suicide in Bihar‘s Vaishali district on Monday after the two families disapproved of their relationship.Sunaina Devi and Manibhushan Kumar (45), a veterinary doctor, allegedly consumed poison. Sunaina was married to one Sunil Rai. Cops said Sunaina and Manibhushan…